1.Tranquilize
Time it tells living in my home town,
Wedding bells they begin easy
Live it down,
baby don't talk that much,
Baby knows,
but baby don't tease me.
In the park we could go walking,
Drowned in the dark
or we could go sailing
On the sea
Always here, always on time
Close call, was it love
or was it just easy
Money talks when people
need shoes and socks,
Steady boys,
I'm thinking she needs me
I was just sipping
on something sweet
I don't need political process
I got this feeling
that they're gonna break down the door
I got this feeling
they they're gonna come back for more
See I was thinking that I lost my mind
But it's been getting to me all this time
And it don't stop dragging me down
Silently reflection
turns my world to stone
Patiently correction
leaves us all alone
And sometimes I'm a travel man
But tonight this engine's failing
I still hear the children playing
Kick the can, kick the can,
skip and blackjack
Steal a car and ring a round-rosey,
Rock and roll, candyland,
boogeyman,
Run away and give me your sneakers
Acid rain,
when Abel looked up at Cain
We began the weeping and wailing
A hurried high
from pestilence pills and pride,
It's a shame,
we could have gone sailing
But heaven knows,
Heaven knows everything
Tranquilize
I got this feeling
that theyre gonna break down the door
I got this feeling
they they're gonna come back for more
See I was thinking that I lost my mind
But it's been getting to me all this time
And it don't stop dragging me down
Silently reflection
turns my world to stone
Patiently correction
leaves us all alone
And sometimes I'm travel man
But tonight this engine's failing
I still hear the children playing
Dead beat dancers come to us and stay
Cause i don't care where you've been
And I don't care what you've seen
We're the ones who still believe
And we're looking for a page
In that lifeless book of hope
Where a dream might help you cope
With the Bushes and the bombs
aha, Tranquilized.
2.Shadow Play
To the centre of the city
where all roads meet,
waiting for you
To the depths of the ocean
where all hopes sank,
searching for you
Moving through the silence
without motion,
waiting for you
In a room with a window
in the corner
I found truth
In the shadowplay
acting out your own death,
knowing no more
As the assassins all
grouped in four lines,
dancing on the floor
And with cold steel,
odour on their bodies
made a move to connect
I could only stare in disbelief
as the crowds all left
I did everything,
everything I wanted to
I let them use you
for their own ends
To the centre of the city
in the night,
waiting for you
To the centre of the city
in the night,
waiting for you
3.All The Pretty Faces
Help me out, I need it
I don't feel like loving you no more
Help me out, I need it
I don't feel like touching her no more
Help me out, I need it
I don't feel like touching her no more
Well how did it happen
I spent two long years
in a strange strange land
Well how did it happen
I'd do anything just to be your man
You're not going anywhere without me
These trials don't prepare the air of love
You're not telling anyone about me
And you shake and you plead while I sing my song
I don't feel like, I don't feel like
I don't feel like loving you
I don't feel like, I don't feel like
I don't feel like loving you
All the different places
Ringing out like a shotgun in my head
All the pretty faces
Ringing out well I just can't go to bed
Well how did it happen
I spent two long years
in a strange strange land
Well how did it happen
I'd do anything just to be your man
You're not going anywhere without me
These trials don't prepare the air of love
You're not telling anyone about me
And you shake while you go and you bleed oh oh
I don't feel like touching you
You can't tell anyone about me
You're not going anywhere without me
Help me out I need it
You can't tell anyone about me
Help me out I need it
I don't feel like, I don't feel like
I don't feel like loving you
I don't feel like, I don't feel like
I don't feel like loving you
4.Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf
Shakin' like the Devil when she lets me go
Got a new place and how it's so much better.
Falling over myself, the televisions on,
I turn it off and smile.
Oh, Jennifer, you know I always tried.
Before you say goodbye
Leave the bourbon on the shelf.
And I'll drink it by myself.
And I love you endlessly,
darling don't you see I'm not satisfied
until I hold you tight.
Give me one more chance tonight
and I swear I'll make it right.
But you ain't got time for this
and that wreckin' bell is ringin'
and I'm not satisfied
until I hold you
Jennifer, tell me where I stand
and who's that boy holdin' your hand？
Oh, Jennifer, you know I've always tried.
Before you say goodbye
Leave the bourbon on the shelf.
And I'll drink it by myself.
And I never liked your hair
or those people that you lie with
and I'm not satisfied
until I hold you tight
and I love you endlessly,
darling don't you see I can't be satisfied
until I hold you tight.
Leave the bourbon on the shelf.
And I'll drink it by myself.
And I love you endlessly,
darling don't you see
I'm not satisfied.
5.Sweet Talk
lift me up on my honour
Take me over this spell
Get this weight of my shoulder
I carried it well
loose these shackles of pressure
Shake me out of these chains
Lead me not to temptation
Hold my hand harder
ease my mind
Roll down the smokescreen
and open the sky
let me fly
then I need a release from
these troubles of mine
fix my feet
when they're stumbling
And well you know it hurts sometimes
you know it's gonna bleed sometimes
Dig me out from this thorn tree
Help me bury my shame
Keep my eyes from the fire
they can't handle the flame
they've cut out from my brothers
when most of them fail
I carried it well
let me fly
then I need a release from
these troubles of mine
fix my feet
when they're stumbling
I guess you know it hurts sometimes
you know it's gonna bleed sometimes
now hold on
I'm not looking for sweet talk
I'm looking for time
time for towering sweet folk
all because it hurts sometimes
you know it's gonna bleed sometimes
hold on
you know it's gonna hurt sometimes
when you call me
Hold on
Hold on, hold on
I'm gonna come with that symphony home
And make it mine
And this pleasure is mine
mark my way
see all these pestilence pills, expert on pills
came to drag me down
so I could use this to shelter
what could I've found
6.Under the Gun
She's got her halo and wings
Hidden under his eyes
But she's an angel for sure
She just can't stop telling lies
But it's too late for his love
Already caught in a trap
His angel's kiss was a joke
And she is not coming back
Because heaven sends and heaven takes
Crashing cars in his brain
Keep him tied up to a dream
And only she can set him free
And then he says to me
Kill me now, kill me now, kill me now, kill me now
Kill me now, kill me now, kill me now, kill me now
Yeah...
She's got a criminal mind
He's got a reason to pray
His life is under the gun
He's got to hold every day
Now he just wants to wake up
Yeah, just to prove it's a dream
Cause she's an angel for sure
But that remains to be seen
Because heaven sends and heaven takes
Crashing cars in his brain
Keep him tied up to a dream
And only she can set him free
And then he says to me
Kill me now, kill me now, kill me now, kill me now
Kill me now, kill me now, kill me now, kill me now
Stupid on the streets of London
James Dean in the rain
Without her...it's not the same
The same, the same, but it's alright
Because heaven sends and heaven takes
Crashing cars in his brain
Keep him tied up to a dream
And only she can set him free
And then he says to me
Kill me now, kill me now, kill me now, kill me now
Kill me now, kill me now, kill me now, kill me now
Again and again
7.Where The White Boys Dance
Take me to the place where the white boys dance.
Take me to the place where they run and play.
My baby is gone, you might have a chance.
Just take me to the place where the white boys dance.
They hug in silence as the sun sets on their empty street.
Her suspicions, well they're rising high.
And the man who sweeps him off she doesn't meet.
She walks inside and pours a strong one to put her mind at ease.
It's the calm before another storm.
Her brain shifts from the whiskey to the keys.
Take me to the place where the white boys dance.
Take me to the place where they run and play.
My baby is gone, you might have a chance.
Just take me to the place where the white boys dance.
Her heart is racing.
She phones a friend and says I'm in an awful place.
That fool's been messing round on me.
I've seen it in is eyes and on his face.
Hold on a minute, you're talking crazy.
Don't be that jealous, girl.
Just tell Levon you need an hour or two,
cause we're gonna go and change somebody's world.
Take me to the place where the white boys dance.
Take me to the place where they run and play.
My baby is gone, you might have a chance.
Just take me to the place where the white boys dance.
It's the calm before another storm.
It's the calm before another storm.
Her brain shifts from the whisky to the keys.
Take me to the place where the white boys dance.
Take me to the place where they run and play.
My baby is gone, you might have a chance.
Just take me to the place where the white boys dance
8.Show You How
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i gotta tell ya
i'll make it better
but i know there's somethin' i needed to say
when i was out, though
maybe you were better alone
i know i'll make it home
she told me sweet thang
run a labour
in your shoes
touch me til i follow in love
i wanna help her
maybe we were better alone
i wanna show you how
and then we walked out
make it made now
i said i want it but i never alone
i wanna show you
maybe we were somethin' uncool
i wanna make you sing
uh uh oh
uh uh oh
uh uh oh
9.Move Away
Last time I said I was in control
I had 25 debts and we both know
When you come back now
You'll see my face
I said 25 debts and we both pray
While I move away
Hard times don't come until tomorrow
These eyes don't see
Take your skin off when you listen to me
Move away
Hard times don't come until tomorrow
These eyes in me
Take your skin off when you're talkin' to me
Me...
Oh what a world that we both come in
I said hold it to the rock and let it in
Oh what a world that we are in
I said hold it to the rock and we're both in
While I move away
Hard times don't come until tomorrow
These eyes don't see
Take your skin off when you listen to me
Move away
Hard times don't come until tomorrow
These eyes don't see
Take your skin off when you're listenin' to me
Don't worry 'bout what might have been
Just tell your woman that you're sorry
And you jumped out of your skin
Listen closely to your motto
Don't worry bout what might have been
Tell the jury that you're sorry
And just jump out of your skin
I wanna jump out of my skin
I wanna jump out of my skin
And watch the clouds
Move away
I'm never gonna live it down
Move away
Move away
Move move move move away
Move away
Move away
Hard times don't come until tomorrow
These eyes don't see
Take your skin off when you listen to me
Move away
Hard times don't come until tomorrow
Move away
Move away
Move away
Move away
10.Glamorous Indie Rock ＆ Roll
Glamorous indie rock 'n' roll is what I want
It's in my soul, it's what I need
Indie rock 'n' roll, it's time
Two of us, flipping through a thrift store magazine
She plays the drums, I'm on tambourine
Bet ya your bottom dollar on me
It's indie rock 'n' roll for me
It's indie rock 'n' roll for me
It's all I need
It's indie rock 'n' roll for me
In a clutch, I'm talking every word for all the boys
Electric girls with worn down toys
Make it up, break it up, what do you care
Oh what do you care？
I take my twist with a shout
A coffee shop with a cause, man I'll freak you out
No sex, no drugs, no life, no love
When it comes to today
Album：Hot Fuss
Stay if you wanna love me, stay
Oh don't be shy, let's cause a scene
Like lovers do, on silver screens
Lets make it, yeah, we'll cause a scene
It's indie rock 'n' roll for me
It's indie rock 'n' roll for me
It's all I need
It's indie rock 'n' roll for me
In a clutch,
I'm talking every word for all the boys (indie rock 'n' roll for
me)
It's all I need
Make it up, break it up, what do you care
It's indie rock 'n' roll for me
Two of us,
flipping through a thrift store magazine (indie rock 'n' roll
for me)
It's all I need
Make it up, break it up, what do you care
It's indie rock 'n' roll for me
11.Who Let You Go
Who let you go？ Who let you go？
I feel it inside,
down in my soul
And I just can't hide
these things I know
We could be friends
And I promise that it won't go bad
But hopefully this story ends
But you ain't got nothing I never had
So let's take it slow
Who let you go？ Who let you go？
Someone must have loved you
Not the way that I do...
You're missing what I'm trying to say
Ain't nothing getting in my way
So tell me that's fantastic
And promise me, you'll always sigh
I find it so romantic
When you look into my beautiful eyes
And lose control
Who let you go？ Who let you go？
I don't know what it means
But I've been wondering
Who let you go？
And honey, when you walk my way
It makes me wanna say...
Ohhh
Sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la
(sha-la-la-la fading)
12.The Ballad Of Michael Valentine
Michael plays with stars
Soul Sister won't you take a ride in his car
Late to call
When you wanted to be all
Baby baby don't be so shy
Rock children hold your heads up high
In the night while I try
And tell the ballad of Valentine
You got it bad, but you know it's true
I caught up with a friend in Dallas
We took a trip to New Orleans
Those black-eyed ladies
Won't say they're sorry
We finally caught a train to Memphis
Where everybody talks the same
Those blue suede babies
All know my name
And I said hold tight
Can't you see that it's hurting me
But I've got the buzz
Like Marlon Brando
Michael Valentine, can't we unite？
We ended up in North Dakota
Although my heart's in Mexico
(spanish language) My munequita
Abre Tus Ojos
With your new suit, and your black tie
Hold on, you're just a gambling man, all proper like
I broke to the right and I caught your eye
Shut your mouth and wave goodbye
Tonight, I ain't gonna let you rain on this parade
And I said hold tight
Can't you see that it's hurting me
But I've got the buzz
Like Marlon Brando
Straight faced with misery tonight
And I will not lie when I say I ain't cold no more
But I've got the buzz
Like Greta Garbo
Walking forward to the sun
And I've got a cold tale left to write
Well uh oh
I know he's gonna be there tonight
13.Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
You've painted up your lips
and rolled and curled your tinted hair
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere
The shadow on the wall
tells me the sun is going down
Oh Ruby,
Don't take your love to town
It wasn't me that started this whole crazy Asian war
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore
Yes it's true that I'm not the man I used to be
Oh Ruby,
I still need some company
It's hard to love a man
whose legs are bent and paralysed
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age,
Ruby I realize
But it won't be long
I've heard them say until I'm not around
Oh Ruby,
Don't take your love to town
She's leaving now
cause I just heard the slamming of the door
The way I know I've heard it slam 100 times before
And if I could move I'd get my gun
and put her in the ground
Oh Ruby,
Don't take your love to town
Oh Ruby,
For God sakes turn around
14.Daddy's Eyes
I'll tell you what you wanna know
But boy you better listen close
People gonna tell you lies
Don't let it come as a surprise
That woman's on my back again
I know she's got the best intentions
but you began to realize
You know got your daddy's eyes
And there's something I wanna say
I love her too
And all of this has got nothing to do with you
And I'd like to stay
but I can't because
I've been fooling around
And I know that you called because
you never even knew
that it was hurting me
When you put it on the other hand
when you're old enough to understand
That glove will bring it all to life
I didn't say that made it right
cause that woman's on my back again
I know she's got the best intentions
when you begin to realize
You know got your daddy's eyes
And theres something I wanted to say
I love her too
And all of this has
got nothing to do with you
And I'd like to stay
but I can't
because I've been fooling around
And I know that you called
cause you never even knew
that it was hurting me
And I'd like to stay but I can't
because I've been fooling around
And I know that you called
because you never even knew
that it was hurting me
Sometimes people get tired
And I woke up a little too late to lie
Dreams should last a long time
This is not what I'd call goodbye
And I'd love to stay but I can't
because I've been fooling around
And I know that you called
because you never even knew
that it was hurting me
And I'd love to stay but I can't
because I've been fooling around
And I know that you called
because you never even knew
that it was hurting me
Me
I love her too
15.Sam's Town (Abbey Road Version)
Nobody ever had a dream round here
But I don't really mind
that it's starting to get to me
Nobody ever pulls the seams round here
But I don't really mind
that it's starting to get to me
I've got this energy beneath my feet
Like something underground's
gonna come up and carry me
I've got this sentimental heart that beats
But I don't really mind
that it's starting to get to me now
Why do you waste my time？
Is the answer to the question on your mind
And I'm sick of all my judges
So scared of what they'll find
But I know that I can make it
As long as somebody takes me home
every now and then
Well have you ever seen the lights？
Have you ever seen the lights？
I took a shuttle on a shockwave ride
Where people on the pen
pull the trigger for accolades
I took a bullet and I looked inside
Running through my veins an American masquerade
I still remember grandma Dixie's wake
I've never really known anybody to die before
Red, white and blue upon a birthday cake
My brother, he was born on the fourth of the July
and that's all
Why do you waste my time？
Is the answer to the question on your mind
And I'm sick of all my judges
They're so scared of letting me shine
But I know that I can make it
As long as somebody takes me home
Every now and then
Every now and then
You know I see London, I see Sam's Town
Holds my hand and lets my hair down
Rolls that world right off my shoulder
I see London, I see Sam's Town now
16.Romeo And Juliet
A lovestruck romeo
sing a streetsuss serenade
Laying everybody low
with a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient street light
steps out of the shade
Says something like
you and me babe how about it？
Juliet says hey it's romeo
you nearly gimme a heart attack
He's underneath the window
she's singing hey la my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here
singing up at people like that
Anyway what you gonna do about it？
Juliet the dice was loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded into my heart
And I forget the movie song
When you gonna realise
it was just that the time was wrong juliet？
Come up on different streets
they both were streets of shame
Both dirty both mean
yes and the dream was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you
and now your dream is real
How can you look at me
as if I was just another
one of your deals？
When you can fall for chains of silver
you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers
and the promises they hold
You promised me everything
you promised me thick and thin
Now you just say oh romeo
yeah you know I used to have a scene with him
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above
and I love you till I die
There's a place for us
you know the movie song
When you gonna realise
it was just that the time was wrong juliet？
I can't do the talk like they talk on the TV
And I can't do a love song
like the way it's meant to be
I can't do everything
but I'd do anything for you
I can't do anything
except be in love you
And all I do is miss you
and the way we used to be
And all I do is keep
the beat and bad company
All I do is kiss you
through the bars of a rhyme
Julie I'd do the stars with you any time
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above
I'll love you till I die
And there's a place for us
you know the movie song
When you gonna realise
it was just that the time was wrong juliet？
A lovestruck romeo
sing a streetsuss serenade
Laying everybody low
with a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient street light
steps out of the shade
Says something like
you and me babe how about it？
17.Change Your Mind (UK Bonus Track)
Racy days
Help me through the hopeless haze
But my, Oh my
Tragic eyes
I can't even recognize myself behind
So if the answer is no,
Can I change your mind？
Out again, a siren screams at half past ten
And you won't let go
While I ignore, that we both felt like this before
It starts to show
So if I have a chance
Would you let me know？
Why aren't you shaken
Sit back and sigh
Graciously taken
Oh you're too kind
And if the answer is no,
Can I change your mind？
We're all the same,
And love is blind
The sun is gone
Before it shines
And I said if the answer is no,
Can I change your mind？
If the answer is no,
Can I change your mind？
18.Mr. Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Remix)
I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this？
It was only a kiss
It was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his chest now
He takes off her dress now
Let me go
And I just can't look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside
I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this？
It was only a kiss
It was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his chest now
He takes off her dress now
Let me go
Cause I just can't look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside
I never...
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